Diversity represents what backgrounds we bring into the newsroom. Inclusion and belonging show what experiences we have within the newsroom. Diversity is meaningless without equity, inclusion, and belonging. In the data and anecdotes below, we offer insight into what inclusion and belonging mean in the newsroom.
60 percent of student respondents stated that the ‘Prince’ was their first experience with journalism.
“I feel like there is not a lot of BIPOC representation, specifically black and brown. I also feel like every time I tried to get more involved, there was a lag time, so I always missed out on some hidden project.”
“Internally, despite more women editor positions, the team feels overwhelmingly white. I can imagine that a Black student would feel weird talking to the news editor, managing editors, and editor-in-chief about issues related to their identity, considering that no one identifies as Black and it'd feel like the all-too-familiar explanation they're raised to do.”
“It's precisely this delay — ideas like "maybe another time" or "when there's a better fit" — that continues to marginalize the communities we're trying to tackle.”
“I think it’s in part due to the social issues beyond the Orange Bubble relating more to other communities this year, but I think the ‘Prince’ can improve with regard to the Hispanic/Latino.a.x community.”
“[I] just haven't seen as much reporting about the trans experiences / anti-trans aspects of being a student at Princeton; it's still a relatively hostile environment.”